www.aeromag.in n March - April 2018 | Vol 12 | Issue 2 HAL Invites Private Players to Manufacture ALH Dhruv in association with Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries Advertising is all about visibility We provide you the Maximum Advertise with AEROMAG Official Show Dailies For details Contact : Preethi M | Email: [email protected] | [email protected] Mob: +91 9448447509 1 AEROSPACE th 5 DEFENCE Edition DIRECTORY A Compendium of Aerospace & Defence Industries in association with SOCIETY OF DEFENCE TECHNOLOGISTS 2018 -19 4A Unique Platform Connecting Aerospace & Defence Industries Globally 4More than 1200 Company Profiles 4Contact Address, Product Details 4Details of R & D Facilites 4List of Indian and Overseas Partners 4Certification Details 4Joint Venture Partner Details Pre - Publication Offer 4DPSU, DRDO, Private Industry Listing Cost : Rs. 2000 + 12% GST 4Product, Category Wise Indexing For Copies of the Directory Please Contact: Email : [email protected] Mob : +91 9448447509 / 9449061925 / 9480551925, Tel : +91 - 80-25284145 AEROMAG ASIA Aeronautical Society of India Building, Suranjandas Rd, Off Old Madras Rd, Bangalore - 560 075, Karnataka, India EOS GmbH India Branch Office( Electro Optical Systems)No.36, Sivananda Nagar, Kolathur| T : +91 80 25604055 / 9449061925. Email :[email protected] | www.aeromag.in 2 Chennai-600 099, IndiaPhone +91 443 964 8000 | 3 Fax +9144 3964 8099 | Mobile:+91984 003 3223 formnext_AufstellerA5_Linde.Liebherr.Ariane.Nextgeneration.Tireapplication.indd 3 09.11.2017 11:24:25 EDITORIAL The tenth edition Def expo India , the biennial Land, Naval and Internal Homeland Security Systems Exhibition, to be held at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Content Editorial Advisory Board from 11th to 14th April 2018 offers an excellent 6 Countdown Begins for Defexpo 2018 Dr. C.G. Krishnadas Nair platform for the Indian companies to showcase 8 Procurements Give a Boost to the Combat-Readiness of Forces Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy (Rtd) their capabilities to the world and grow through PVSM, AVSM, VM & Bar partnerships. In order to promote Indian Industry in www.aeromag.in n March - April 2018 | Vol 12 | Issue 2 13 Maharashtra Unveils Defence and Aerospace Production Policy Air Marshal P. Rajkumar (Rtd) the Defence Sector under the Make in India initiative, HAL Invites Private Players to PVSM, AVSM, VM the Defence Ministry has offered big concessions for Manufacture ALH Dhruv 14 Lockheed Completes Delivery of 400th C-130J Super Hercules Air Marshal Ajit Bhavanani (Rtd) booths at the Def Expo 2018 and this is one of the PVSM, AVSM, VM new initiative which the industry was looking for a 16 Singapore Airshow Concludes with Symphony in Sky Rear Admiral K. Mohanan (Rtd), AVSM long time. Rolls-Royce Launches IntelligentEngine Mr. Pushpindar Singh Chopra 18 Dr . K. Ram Chand Defexpo will provide great opportunity for the Overseas industries to become 20 ST Electronics sets up JV with SatixFy Mr. J.K.Sharma more aware of Indian Defence Industry & its R&D capabilities as well as readiness of in association with Society of Indian Aerospace Mr. Arunakar Mishra various State governments with their proactive policies encouraging partnership Technologies & Industries 23 ECA Group, Petrus to Join Hands in Subsea Robotics Services Air Cmdre. (Rtd) Joseph Varkey with local industries including SMEs and develop sustainable supply chains and Delhi long term strategic partnerships. 26 ACODS 2018 - DRDO Conference on Control & Guidance Systems Advertising is all about visibility Ashok Iyer India continues to be one of the promising defense markets in the world. A We provide you the Maximum Advertise with AEROMAG Official Show Dailies 30 ‘UMEX howcases Latest Unmanned Systems Technologies E : [email protected] number of Indian companies are now suppliers to several international OEMs For details Trivandrum directly or through their Tier one suppliers. This goes to show the development Contact : Preethi M | Email: [email protected] | [email protected] Mob: +91 9448447509 36 The Role of Additive Manufacturing in Industry 4.0 S.Radhakrishnan and quality which our industry has achieved in recent years. In addition to the large 1 E: [email protected] PSUs and Private Industries, many of the Indian MSMEs are performing extremely 38 P.1HH HammerHead – Piaggio Aerospace’s Berlin, Germany well in the defense manufacturing sector. Detlef Becker The global defense industry can take advantage of the promising Indian Defense 8 38 AOC Organises Conference on Electronic Warfare E : [email protected] market by partnering with Indian industries. Global Defence and aerospace T : + 497 112317595 industries must, leverage on the offset packages and the lower infrastructure 45 “TN Defence Corridor will Boost Employment” M : + 491 701626053 and human resource costs in India and form JVC with Indian Public and Private 50 U.S and French Air Force Chiefs Take to Skies on LCA Tejas Paris, France Industries. Global industries must link their tier one suppliers directly with Indian Marie-Thérèse Bonfigli SMEs to form partnership of mutual advantage and become suppliers to their 52 India-Israel: Dawn of New Era in Defence Ties E : [email protected] Indian JVs and to their overseas operations. M : +33 (0)6 89 20 95 68 SIATI and Aeromag Asia wish participating companies and delegates all success. 54 BEL to set up STP to Restore Doddabommasandra Lake Moscow, Russia George Smirnov 55 SODET Presents Awards for Defence PSUs E : [email protected] 56 AAI to Install LED Lightings at Airports M : +7 (906)711-03-51 / (495)644-17-33 London 58 Western Naval Command Concludes Exercise XPL-18 Ezhil Bharathi S.A. 14 Email: [email protected] 61 TBAL Inaugurates New Facility in Hyderabad Sunny Jerome 62 ILA Berlin 2018 Welcomes Aerospace World to Berlin Managing Editor 64 Indian Navy Concludes War Game Preethi M. Associate Editor 66 Nuclear-Capable Prithvi - II Completes Night Trial For Publishing Articles, Advertisements Editor, Aeromag Asia 66 Aeronautical Society of India Building Dr C G Krishnadas Nair 24 52 Suranjandas Road, Off Old Madras Road, Honorary President, SIATI Bangalore 560075. Karnataka, INDIA Call: +91 94490 61925 Tel: +91 80 25284145 / 25604055 Email: [email protected] Printed and Published by Sunny Jerome, Managing Editor, Aeromag Asia, Aerosun Media, www.aeromag.in Aeronautical Society of India Building, Suranjandas Road, Off Old Madras Road,Bangalore 560075. Karnataka. Printed at Rashtrotthana Mudranalaya, 19/1, K.G.Nagar, Bangalore-19. 4 5 Naval shipyards in public sector including Mazagon Docks, GRSE, Goa Countdown Begins for Shipyards, Hindustan Shipyard and private shipyards will bring to view their capabilities in manufacturing and Defexpo 2018 servicing ships. There is growing demand for Indian built vessels from many countries in South Asia, ASEAN and Africa and DefExpo will be a perfect stage to all three Services - Army, Navy and Air Apart from HAL’s platforms, the Expo will unfold the might of India’s shipbuilding Force. While showcasing strengths of also promote domestic private industry capabilities. India’s substantial public sector, it will and aero-components industry. About land systems, India will unveil its also uncover India’s growing private As the DefExpo is being held on sea- 155mm Advanced Towed Artillery Gun industry and spreading MSME base for shore, along the East Coast road from (ATAG) in DefExpo. This is the first time components and sub-systems. Chennai to Mahabalipuram, it provides that India has its own ATAG which has The exhibition will brandish Hindustan Indian Navy to brandish its domestic been designed and developed by DRDO Aeronautics Ltd’s various flying platforms design and manufacturing capabilities. in partnership with Kalyani Group, Tata including domestically designed and India will proudly present its Naval Power and OFBs. India also proposes to manufactured Light Combat Aircraft designing capabilities in shipbuilding. showcase its tank making capabilities, (LCA) - Tejas; Advanced Light Helicopter India is one of the few countries with including MBT Arjun, T90 and T-72, Bridge Laying Tanks (BLTs) with a span of over 70 feet among others. India will also be showcasing 155mm artillery gun ‘Dhanush’. The Defence Minster Nirmala Sitharaman has said that DefExpo will LCA Tejas attract visitors from over 80 countries by providing an environment for partnership he countdown for Def Expo venue for the massive four-day event. the Ministry of Defence has reduced and growth for the defence suppliers as 2018, the biennial Land, Naval The tenth edition of DefExpo will be the participation charges significantly well as OEMs which want to be a part of Tand Internal Homeland Security held at Kancheepuram near Chennai in compared to last year. This will give a the climbing economic trajectory India Systems Exhibition, has begun. And this Tamil Nadu, from 11th to 14th April 2018. major boost to MSMEs for showcasing enjoys. time the South Indian city of Chennai In order to encourage the Indian small their latest defence products at the expo. It will cover the complete spectrum of has been selected for the first time as the and medium scale defence companies, Over the past editions, DefExpo has the country’s aerospace, defence and witnessed an unprecedented growth in security interests. India’s mammoth terms of exhibitors, visitors, delegations, - Dhruv which have both civil as well as capabilities to design a naval vessel from defence expenditure, sheer size, geo- etc. The ninth edition of DefExpo India, combat variants; Light Combat Helicopter scratch to finish. India will also physically political standing and growing military held in Goa in March 2016, has recorded for which IOC was received recently; showcase, along the shoreline several modernisation make it a prime market an unparalleled growth in foreign as well Dornier civilian aircraft for which DGCA frigates, corvettes and other ships. for foreign companies looking to export as domestic companies’ participation clearance was received and which is likely The exhibition will also unveil India’s aerospace, defence and security products.